Signbank

To setup your Signbank development environment:

• Install Elixir, the recommended way is: (other methods are outlined here)
  • Start by installing asdf version manager
  • Install the Erlang plugin https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-erlang
  • Install the Elixir plugin https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-elixir
  • Run asdf install in the root of this repo (This will install the correct versions of both Erlang and Elixir)
• Run mix setup to install and setup dependencies
• Start Phoenix endpoint with mix phx.server or inside IEx with iex -S mix phx.server

Now you can visit localhost:4000 from your browser.

Deployment

Auslan Signbank is hosted on an Ubuntu VM on the Australian Research Data Common's cloud, Nectar. It should work with any Linux server, although you will need to install and setup some things manually:

• Postgres
• A reverse proxy, since Signbank is not built to communicate over HTTPS directly. I recommend Caddy since it handles TLS certificates automatically. Nginx will work if you'd prefer.
• Tailscale (optional). Allows you to connect to the database from your local machine, without exposing it to the internet.